Southside Bar Restaurant

Exceptionally good small plates menu. We were given some vouchers by friends to try this place and booked a table for 6.00pm. The young waiters could not have been more pleasant and helpful. Experience was somewhat marred by being approached by who I assume was the senior duty manager and demanded without introduction that our table was to be vacated by 7.50pm. As it was now around 7.40 and we had waited 20 mins to have our table cleared after our main dishes before a desert and coffee order was placed. I found this a little bit off. We were aware that there was a 2 hour slot. What upset me most was the nasty attitude of the young female staff member who unlike the other Staff didn't seem inclined to ask if our meal was nice or if we needed anything else. No pleasantries and no manners. Perhaps she expended all her good will fawning over her known regular customers at the next table who appeared able to secure a walk in without a booking unlike the others being turned away. On the whole a lovely place but reading other reviews there seems to be a common thread. This Staff member ruins all the efforts of the establishment to provide excellent food and service. A little bit of customer care training would not go amiss if anyone in Management is reading this. To say she was impolite is a bit too kind. Downright insolent. This was a bill of £73.00 plus a decent tip ... not a couple of coffees and a 2 hour sit. Not good. If you need a table back 10 minutes before time, tell the bloody customer when they sit down. Would come back but not whilst she still works there.

Enjoyed lunch here recently. Small plates were lovely, recommended 2/3 per person, which I think is fair. They are slightly more expensive that other places I have been which offer small plates, averaging around £9 per plate mark some more, some less. But were nice all the same. Service was good, friendly and checked up on regularly. The interiors are lovely too!